I give attention to the Caleb Martin trade that gave the Mavericks their roster predicament. I also look ahead at their next month and how Kyrie Irving’s injury factors into next season.
Such a strange move when announced, then kicked over the top when the medical gave them a chance to back out. Is the reporting that they feared the cost of Grimes' RFA contract offers?
Of course if Grimes keeps playing like this in PHI, he likely is going to get a contract higher than what he was on the path for. That's going to delude people into thinking DAL made a good money move. Just doesn't feel like that was really in the books at the time.
I think you're spot on that given his DAL level of playing time, he wasn't likely to get massively over the price Martin will be on the books for. There just aren't teams with Cap space to give him a contract in the high Teens. Some might be able to offer the MLE, but those would also live in fear of the Apron. Even in that case, DAL could squeeze a sign & trade out of it to let Grimes leaving, netting a useful 2nd rounder or two out of it.
I get some of it. They were already impressed by Christie. Exum was coming back. They thought the trio of Christie, Exum & Spencer was relatively enough support for Kyrie. It just spread them thin, and that workload increase for Kyrie (39 MPG!!!) never was going to be good, even if the impact was just wearing Kyrie down rather than the unfortunate catastrophe.
There are going to be books and articles on this DAL season for decades to come. You noting the Grimes aspect is something that folks need to keep in mind as an aspect to include in those pieces.
Thank you! Yes I understand the Christie aspect making Grimes expendable. But if this trade was done just a little differently, maybe they wouldn't be scrambling to field enough players for a game.
Dallas used a portion of the Tim Hardaway TPE to acquire Martin. Had he waived his trade bonus, Grimes salary would've been enough to match Martin's. But the bonus raised his salary too high, so the Mavs used a TPE instead.
Good article Yossi!
Such a strange move when announced, then kicked over the top when the medical gave them a chance to back out. Is the reporting that they feared the cost of Grimes' RFA contract offers?
Of course if Grimes keeps playing like this in PHI, he likely is going to get a contract higher than what he was on the path for. That's going to delude people into thinking DAL made a good money move. Just doesn't feel like that was really in the books at the time.
I think you're spot on that given his DAL level of playing time, he wasn't likely to get massively over the price Martin will be on the books for. There just aren't teams with Cap space to give him a contract in the high Teens. Some might be able to offer the MLE, but those would also live in fear of the Apron. Even in that case, DAL could squeeze a sign & trade out of it to let Grimes leaving, netting a useful 2nd rounder or two out of it.
I get some of it. They were already impressed by Christie. Exum was coming back. They thought the trio of Christie, Exum & Spencer was relatively enough support for Kyrie. It just spread them thin, and that workload increase for Kyrie (39 MPG!!!) never was going to be good, even if the impact was just wearing Kyrie down rather than the unfortunate catastrophe.
There are going to be books and articles on this DAL season for decades to come. You noting the Grimes aspect is something that folks need to keep in mind as an aspect to include in those pieces.
Thank you! Yes I understand the Christie aspect making Grimes expendable. But if this trade was done just a little differently, maybe they wouldn't be scrambling to field enough players for a game.
Did they use a TPE or other exception to make trade? How did salaries match with Martin trade bonus making his salary almost double Grimes salary?
Dallas used a portion of the Tim Hardaway TPE to acquire Martin. Had he waived his trade bonus, Grimes salary would've been enough to match Martin's. But the bonus raised his salary too high, so the Mavs used a TPE instead.
Did they use a TPE or other exception to make trade? How did salaries match with Martin trade bonus making his salary almost double Grimes salary?